Pope Benedict VIII

Pope Benedict VIII (956-9 August 1024), born Theophylactus di Spoleto, was Pope from 1012 to 1024, succeeding Pope Sergius IV and preceding Pope John XIX.

Biography
Theophylactus was born to the House of Spoleto in 956, and in 1012 he was made pope. Antipope Gregory VI tried to depose him, but Henry II of Germany restored him, so Benedict made Henry the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. During his reign, the Saracens sacked Pisa and invaded Sardinia, and the Normans began to settle in Naples. He died in 1024.